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Ann Bartow
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Big fan of free speech and academic freedom. Strongly recommend avoiding UNH Franklin Pierce Law until change to less toxic leadership and more positive student treatment. She/her or gender neutral pronouns.

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 45m
Among my favorites:
Twitter exchange: Stephen King (@StephenKing) No, coronavirus is NOT like THE STAND. It's not anywhere near as serious. It's eminently survivable. Keep calm and take all reasonable precautions. Sporty Ball Fan (@StevieMichaelD1) Replying to @StephenKing And how the hell would you know?! Did you even read that book? 6:37 PM 3/8/20

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 56m
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.

This is today's actual house editorial.
Opinion Editorial Board Thankful for paper towels Holiday travelers deserve better than inadequate and unsanitary hand dryers.

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 1h
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1h
The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 3h
If the admin was confident these boat strikes were legal, they wouldn’t be sidelining all their lawyers.

Instead, they’re demanding unlawful U.S. military strikes and pushing the U.S. into a reckless and open-ended conflict.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 19h
“To be honest,” Etoria added, “it helped me imagine how the slaves might have felt, going to another land in shackles and chains—that loneliness, that disconnect, that sense of loss.”

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled. Sarah Stillman reports.
www.newyorker.com

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 23h
“Scoop: Dems eye ranked-choice voting for primaries” electionlawblog.org?p=153200
"Scoop: Dems eye ranked-choice voting for primaries" #ELB
Axios: Democratic politicians and activists are quietly lobbying to upend the way the party picks its presidential nominee by urging the use of ranked-choice voting. Driving the news: Democratic Natio...
electionlawblog.org

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Kelly Roskam @kellyewroskam.bsky.social · 23h
Fantastic op-ed from the @jhucgvs.bsky.social's co-director @joshhorwitz.bsky.social calling on the Virginia General Assembly to take advantage of the #GVP majority and enact more life-saving laws. www.pilotonline.com/2025/11/22/c...
Column: Seize this moment to tackle gun violence with real solutions
With a new governor and gun violence prevention champions in the General Assembly, now is the time for action, Johns Hopkins researcher Josh Horwitz writes in a guest column.
www.pilotonline.com

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 23h
“X Displays Users’ Locations, Fueling Scrutiny Over Political Accounts” electionlawblog.org?p=153204
"X Displays Users’ Locations, Fueling Scrutiny Over Political Accounts" #ELB
NYT: X launched a feature over the weekend that displays users’ locations, renewing scrutiny of the provenance of many accounts, including those that post frequently about American politics. The new f...
electionlawblog.org

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Bec Hamilton @bechamilton.bsky.social · 23h
The Epstein/Summers emails made last week especially tough week for some of us - a reminder that serial offenders only survive within an enabling culture. @rlswrites.bsky.social gets it. Plse read & share her powerful piece @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
Opinion | The Real Epstein Cover-Up
www.nytimes.com

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 23h
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.

She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.

“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.

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A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com

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Karen L. Cox 📚🏳️‍🌈 @drkarenlcox.bsky.social · 1d
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All the Neo-Confederate and Confederate revisionist history accounts turned out be Serbs. lol. lmao even.

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 1d
Wanna know how bad the Arizona legislator's petition forgeries were? Here's the examples from the Austin Smith indictment.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d
"Second, the Mayor-elect hasn’t made any statements, written or verbalized, public or private, regarding Arabic numerals. Because it would be silly. You know why? We already use Arabic numerals every day. All of us."
Sigh... We Already Teach Arabic Numerals
Why are they like this?
charlotteclymer.substack.com

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 1d
The HPV vaccine is erasing cancer – here's the proof www.gavi.org/vaccineswork... via @gavi.org
The HPV vaccine is erasing cancer – here's the proof
More than a decade after the first HPV vaccination programmes rolled out, data from multiple countries reveals a dramatic fall in cervical cancers and precancers, confirming that HPV vaccines are high...
www.gavi.org

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Natasha Tusikov @ntusikov.bsky.social · 1d
In more AI bubble news, major insurers are declining to insure risks from AI chatbots & agents, saying AI models are too unpredictable & error-prone with no one clearly liable when things go wrong. Firms & universities better consider this in their rush to adopt AI.
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts
AIG, Great American and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots
www.ft.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d
bring back shame...and consequences

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Christopher Webb @handle.invalid · 1d
Too late. Marco Rubio already spilled the truth. The so called peace plan was Russia’s wish list, not something the US drafted. He’s trying to walk it back but the damage is done.

He’s scrambling.

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 1d
bluesky checked the IP addresses of pro-turkey posters and they're all posting from hungry

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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 1d
Remember last year when we said we would drop The Tribune's paywall if we raised enough money to support the transition to free? About that… 😁
The Salt Lake Tribune will drop its paywall next year, CEO tells donors at NewsMakers gala
After years of requiring people to pay for online news content, The Tribune announced an upcoming change during its 2025 annual NewsMakers Gala.
www.sltrib.com

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Kelly J. Baker (she/her) @kellyjbaker.bsky.social · 1d
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:

Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.

If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.

Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 1d
Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.
aaronparnas.bsky.social Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 1d
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.

This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
NEWS: Major MAGA Accounts on Twitter Exposed as Foreign Actors
A stunning development over the past 24 hours.
open.substack.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d
My law firm is currently litigating 61 voting and election cases, including 12 redistricting cases. We have four cases in one stage or another before the Supreme Court.

These cases — and others like them —
will play a pivotal role in whether we have free and fair elections in 2026 and 2028.

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 1d
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.

This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
NEWS: Major MAGA Accounts on Twitter Exposed as Foreign Actors
A stunning development over the past 24 hours.
open.substack.com

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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 1d
“‘We are in this magical, unique time,’ Sinema said of Trump’s health department, led by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.”
Kyrsten Sinema Is Ready for Her MAHA Turn
In a new interview, the one-time Democrat says the movement for psychedelic medicine should capitalize on the Trump administration.
www.politico.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d
You all MUST READ this piece by Kaitlyn Greenidge about the power of art to “exist outside of a tech lord’s algorithm.”

www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
The Artist Who Reminds Us that Another Way Is Possible
The late artist Abigail McGrath cultivated a creative life for herself filled with freedom, joy, and a commitment to beauty. In an age of authoritarianism and algorithms, it’s a kind of life worth pro...
www.harpersbazaar.com

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 1d
Enrollment by international students from China dropped by 3 percent, from India by 4 percent, and enrollment from students from Mexico has flatlined. Here are the likely consequences for Texas' education and economy:
The High Cost of Targeting International Students in Texas
The Trump administration’s bans and airport detentions are derailing the academic dreams of students who carry out important research—and sometimes pay hefty tuition—to attend Texas institutions.
www.texasobserver.org

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 1d
Get out of the echo chamber, they said. Get on Twitter and debate “real Americans”
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?

MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
TAPPER: You were the deciding vote that allowed RFK Jr to ascend to the role of Health Secretary. Did you give him too much credit?

CASSIDY: The fact is the scientific community agrees that vaccines are safe. That's all I can say.